Ansiedad dental en el personal del municipio del cantón Biblian, Cañar periodo 2017 - 2018

Abstract

bjective. Determine the degree of dental anxiety in the staff of the Municipality of the canton Biblián. Cañar 2017-2018. Materials and methods. Cross-sectional, observational study that evaluated 152 employees, of which 72.3% were men and 27.7% were women, the modified Corah dental anxiety scale was used, Spanish version. Results The most prevalent level of dental anxiety was mild or none (37.1%), followed by moderate anxiety (35.6%) and severe anxiety or phobia was the one with the lowest percentage (13.8%). The most prevalent degree of anxiety according to sex was masculine in mild or null (28.9%), and in the female the moderate anxiety was the most prevalent with 8.8% (p = 0.248). In relation to age, the group aged 31 to 50 years had a higher prevalence of severe dental anxiety or phobia 9.4% (p = 0.323). The most prevalent question was the injection of local anesthetic that represented (15.1%) of dental phobia, followed by the question, when they were in the waiting room with one (3.1%), and the procedure that lower dental anxiety presented was the question if they had to go tomorrow to the dentist (64.2%). Conclusions The degree of dental anxiety in the staff of the Municipality of the canton Biblián. 2017-2018, according to the validated modified Corah instrument, there was a higher prevalence of mild or no anxiety, followed by moderate anxiety and the one with the lowest percentage was severe anxiety or dental phobia.